Olly Murs has shared the heartfelt reason behind naming his newborn son Albert, linking it to his appearance on the BBC genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are?. The singer and his wife Amelia welcomed their second child, a boy, last week, joining their daughter Madison, who was born in April 2024.
In a Facebook post, Murs explained: 'A few people been asking why we chose the name Albert... It's after my great-grandad Edward 'Albert' Murs. Me and Amelia loved the name after I was on BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? and now our little man gets to carry that bit of family history in the future.'
The former X Factor star appeared on the show in 2024, where he traced his family roots to Latvia. He discovered that his great-grandfather, Edward Murs, had an affair with a circus performer, Veronika Jankovska, who gave birth to his grandfather Eddie. The emotional journey revealed a wartime estrangement and Veronika's tragic death in a Soviet work camp in 1988.
Murs and his father Peter were moved to tears when visiting Veronika's grave. The singer said: 'It was quite emotional to see dad cry and get upset - I've never seen my dad cry, actually. I think seeing him emotional felt like I'd done something really special for him and the family.'
